Administrative Assistant at the U.S. Consulate General

The U.S. Mission to Nigeria comprises of the Embassy in Abuja, FCT, and the Consulate General in Lagos. U.S. Consulate General Lagos is the Mission’s representative to the Nigerian people in the southern region.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: ​​Administrative Assistant

Announcement Number: Lagos-2025-025
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Agency: Consulate General Lagos

Summary

• The U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Nigeria is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the position of Administrative Assistant in the Management Office.

Duties

• Serving as the Administrative Assistant (AA) in U.S. Consulate General Lagos General Services Section (GSO), Incumbent supports the American Supervisory General Services Officer (S/GSO) in providing and overseeing a full range of services in support of the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) GSO structure to the 7 agencies and their 85 American Direct Hires, 18 Eligible family members and over 310 Locally Employed Staff positions represented at US Consulate General, Lagos. Incumbent reports directly to the S/GSO.

Educational Qualifications

• Two (2) years of full-time college or university studies in Secretarial Administration, Business Administration, Social Sciences or Arts is required

Experience:

• Five (5) years of progressively responsible accounting, administrative and secretarial experience is required.

Requirements:

• All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a non-sensitive security clearance. 
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.  
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (6 weeks) upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Job Knowledge:

• Knowledge of commercial business administration standards in office administration and maintenance is required.  Knowledge of accounting procedures and methods is required.

Skills And Abilities:

• Must have strong computer skills and be proficient in MS Office - Excel, Outlook and Word are used daily.  Must have strong customer relations and customer skills. Organizational skills are required.

Salary
USD 43,112 / Per Year

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2025.